Teaching Reading: Why the “Fab Five” should be the “Big Six”

Abstract

The Report of the National Reading Panel (NICHD, 2000) identified five key elements that were critical to the development of reading, and these have been widely accepted by educational jurisdictions as providing definitive guidelines for early reading instruction. This paper presents a case for the inclusion of oral language and early literacy experiences as an additional and foundational element. The pervasive influence of a child's early experiences on future reading achievement must be understood if teachers are to maximise the opportunities of all children to become independent readers.

RAS ID

18353

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of Publication

1-1-2014

Faculty

Faculty of Education and Arts

School

School of Education

Copyright

free_to_read

Publisher

Edith Cowan University

Comments

Konza D. (2014). Teaching reading: Why the "Fab Five" should be the "Big Six". Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 39(12), 153-169. Available here

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Link to publisher version (DOI)

10.14221/ajte.2014v39n12.10